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enThe Pathetic Partyhttp://www.newrepublic.com/article/politics/the-pathetic-party
Barely a week into George W. Bush's presidency, his tax cut seems almost inevitable. The Democrats appear set to repeat their sordid performance of 20 years ago--when, instead of resisting Ronald Reagan's tax cut, they larded it with special-interest subsidies of their own. The s]]>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +000072918 at http://www.newrepublic.comHas Sprawl Recovered Enough for the National Economy?http://www.newrepublic.com/blog/the-avenue/has-sprawl-recovered-enough-the-national-economy
new study conducted by researchers from the University of Alabama and University of Florida, sponsored by the Natural Resource Defense Council , shows that car-dependent communities have statistically higher rates of mortgage foreclosure than c]]>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +000072787 at http://www.newrepublic.comWill Bernanke Be Another Coakley Casualty? http://www.newrepublic.com/blog/jonathan-chait/will-bernanke-be-another-coakley-casualty
Wall Street Journal had a pie]]>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +000072700 at http://www.newrepublic.comIs Bernanke Right for the New, Anti-Bank Obama?http://www.newrepublic.com/blog/simon-johnson/bernanke-right-the-new-anti-bank-obama
Update: the Senate needs to hold a new hearing for Ben Bernanke--here’s the full proposal.
Ben Bernanke’s reconfirmation as chair of the Federal Reserve is in disarray]]>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +000072687 at http://www.newrepublic.comThe Big Banks: Wrong Since Foreverhttp://www.newrepublic.com/blog/jonathan-chait/trust-no-bankers
piece for Slate about why we should ignore the banking industry's warnings about the bank tax. Basically, Gross argues that they are probably wrong now because they've always been wrong (at least]]>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +000072563 at http://www.newrepublic.comJonathan ChaitDouble Downhttp://www.newrepublic.com/article/world/double-down
Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +000072494 at http://www.newrepublic.comMeet the New GOP Centristshttp://www.newrepublic.com/article/politics/meet-the-new-gop-centrists
The closest thing Congress has to its own Tea Party takes place every Wednesday afternoon, in the Gold Room of the Rayburn House Office building. At 1:15, more than 100 congressmen and one aide each gather for the meeting of the Republican Study Committee, and for a little over an ]]>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +000072431 at http://www.newrepublic.comHow Should Goldman Sachs Cover its Ass This Bonus Season?http://www.newrepublic.com/blog/simon-johnson/how-should-goldman-sachs-cover-its-ass-bonus-season
Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +000072351 at http://www.newrepublic.comSimon JohnsonPretendinghttp://www.newrepublic.com/article/books-and-arts/pretending
Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +000072309 at http://www.newrepublic.comBeware the Meme!http://www.newrepublic.com/article/economy/beware-the-latest-conservative-meme-obamanomics
Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +000072286 at http://www.newrepublic.com